After exploring the east part of the town,we made a tour of the grand square.请问exploring是分词还是动名词,After是连词还是介词?

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After exploring the east part of the town,we made a tour of the grand square.
请问exploring是分词还是动名词,After是连词还是介词?

exploring是动名词,做after这个介词的宾语
探索了东城之后,我们又游览了大广场。

After是介词,后跟动词时采用动名词形式所以explorering是动名词.(高三热心同学回答)